Quotations are the fundamental distillation of a writer’s life and thinking as recorded in words and phrases for posterity. Through them the reader is afforded the unique opportunity to share in the thoughts, the life and the experiences of the writer. In a special way, they offer the reader a window into the mind of the author and hopefully an inducement to read further and learn more about the author and the story he relates.

On a wider scale, they are, as William Feather wrote, “the wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages preserved into perpetuity“, and as such they are available for the enrichment and enhancement of humanity, regardless of age, sex, race, educational or economic status. They are indeed, as the Talmud states, “food for the famished”.

The collection of quotations presented in this blog, have been chosen by me because of their special impact upon me. They have been published so that you too, may experience the joy I have had over the years reading them and getting to know the authors.

I trust that you will come to know the feeling of deep satisfaction possible from reading them, searching out the author and meditating upon their meaning and their impact on your life.

Monday, September 8, 2008

GENEROSITY

09/08/08
To Generous souls every task is noble. …….. Euripides
Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do;
But it is giving me that which you need more than I do. …..Khalil Gibran

The poor don’t know that their function in life,
Is to exercise our Generosity. …..Jean-Paul Satre

No one is so Generous as he who has nothing to give. ……French Proverb

The returns we reap from Generous actions
Is not always evident. …..Francesco Guicciardini

Real Generosity toward the future,
lies in giving all to the present. ……Albert Camus

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death;
one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence,
the other from pride or fear. ……Horace Mann

Real Generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out. ……..Frank A. Clark
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